Identify and Prioritize Energy Opportunities at Your Manufacturing Facility

Recorded On: 9/16/10

Duration: 75 minutes

Description: An industrial energy assessment expert will walk you through a no-cost software tool from the U.S. Department of Energy that you can use to identify and prioritize energy saving opportunities at your facility. The Quick Plant Energy Profiler, or Quick PEP, is a free online software tool to help U.S. industrial plant managers improve energy management at industrial facilities. The tool helps you establish a baseline for how energy is being used at your plant, identify best opportunities for saving energy and money, and calculate emissions. Quick PEP is designed so that you can complete a plant profile in about an hour. The results will enable you to focus on improving the performance of major energy-consuming systems in your plant.

Audience: The training is intended for industrial plant personnel and industrial service contractors who have access to basic information about major energy-consuming systems at their industrial facility.

Speakers: Riyaz Papar, Hudson Technologies

Download Quick PEP (no cost) at:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/software_quickpep.html

Compressed Air Systems – Understanding and Targeting Energy Saving Opportunities

Recorded On: 10/19/10

Duration: 121 minutes

Description: An industrial compressed air system expert will walk you through no-cost resources that you can use to identify and prioritize energy saving opportunities in your compressed air system. The training will guide you in the use of the Compressed Air Challenge (CAC) Toolkit and the AirMaster+ software tool. This session introduces the tools and presents the basics—and the benefits—of using them to target opportunities for compressed air energy savings in your plant.

Audience: The training is intended for industrial plant personnel and industrial service contractors who have access to basic information about compressed air systems at their facility.

Speakers: Tom Taranto, ConservAIR Technologies

Download AirMaster+ (no cost) at:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/software_airmaster.html

Pumping Systems – Understanding and Targeting Energy Saving Opportunities

Recorded On: 11/18/10

Duration: 126 minutes

Description: An industrial pumping systems expert will walk you through a no-cost software tool from the U.S. Department of Energy that you can use to identify and prioritize energy saving opportunities in pumping systems at your facility. This Webcast introduces the Pumping System Assessment Tool (PSAT) and presents the basics—and the benefits—of using it to measure and target opportunities for pumping system energy savings in both dollars and electrical energy savings.

Audience: The training is intended for industrial plant personnel and industrial service contractors who have access to basic information about pumping systems at their facility.

Speakers: Greg Case - Pump, Design Development & Diagnostics, LLC

Download Pumping System Assessment Tool (no cost) at:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/software_psat.html

Industrial Project Successes Using EmPOWER Maryland Utility Incentives

Held On: January 20, 2011

Description: The five Maryland electric utility companies that offer energy efficiency financial incentives, under the EmPower Maryland initiative, will: provide an overview of the energy efficiency financial incentives available, share examples of industrial customers that have reaped the rewards of the incentives, and answer questions about the incentives and application process.

Audience: The training is intended for anyone involved in industrial projects who wants to know more about the financial incentives for energy efficiency available through the Maryland utilities.

Presenters: Representatives from Allegheny Power, BGE, Delmarva Power, Pepco and SMECO.

Combined Heat and Power 101 - for the Industrial Sector

Date: February 23, 2011

Time: 1:00-3:00 PM

Description: This webinar will explain what combined heat and power (CHP) is, how to determine if it makes sense for your facility, and what first steps to take if it does make sense. CHP output capacity (scale), prime-movers, applications and markets for CHP will be discussed. One or more case studies of successful CHP facilities will be presented, along with some solutions to technical, regulatory and economic hurdles.

Audience: The training is intended for anyone interested in gaining a high-level understanding of CHP and how it can be a practical, energy-efficient solution for appropriate industrial facilities.

Presenters:

• Calvin Timmerman, Maryland Public Service Commission - will provide a short introduction on Maryland regulatory policies related to Combined Heat and Power
• Joe Orlando, Platinum Energy – CHP expert and instructor for the webinar

Efficient Lighting Technologies for the Industrial Sector

Date: March 3, 2011

Time: 1:00-2:30 PM

Description: This webinar will provide an overview of the many types of lighting used in industrial facilities, and a discussion on the Federal phase-out of T-12 fluorescent lighting. The webinar will focus on the lighting types that are most energy efficient and appropriate for manufacturing facilities, including the use of "daylight harvesting." Real-world case studies that illustrate the often short payback periods of lighting upgrade projects will be presented, along with an overview of financial incentives available from the Maryland electric utilities.

Audience: The training is intended for anyone interested in learning about technologies and strategies to reduce lighting-related electricity use and costs in industrial facilities.

Presenters:

• Jennifer Thorne Amann, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
• Paul Maloney, Supply Chain Director, Cambridge International – will share a lighting project success story

Combined Heat and Power for Maryland Industry: One-Day Workshop

Date: March 24, 2011

Time: 9:30-3:30 PM

Location: "Bwtech@UMBC South" Incubator and Accelerator, Courtyard Room
1450 S. Rolling Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21227

Description: This workshop will provide an overview of CHP technologies, practical guidance for exploring the feasibility of a CHP installation, and CHP implementation, including technical assistance, financing, and regulatory policies affecting CHP in Maryland.

Audience: This workshop is for those interested in learning about CHP technologies and systems in Maryland, or in exploring the feasibility of a CHP installation.

Workshop information and presentations:

• Agenda
• Speaker bios
• Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator – Bjorn Frogner
• CHP 102: CHP Concepts and Opportunities – Joe Orlando, Platinum Energy
• Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center – Bill Valentine
• Regulatory and Policy Landscape for CHP in Maryland – Jan Brinch, Energetics Incorporated